Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2014 — Greece v Commission
(Case T-632/11) 1
(EAGGF — ‘Guarantee’ Section — EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Single payment entitlements scheme — Loyal cooperation — Fairness — Proportionality — National reserve — Award criteria — Flat-rate financial correction — Risk for the Fund — Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 — Wine sector — Distillation schemes and schemes for payments for the use of certain musts — Aid for restructuring and for the conversion of vineyards)
Language of the case: Greek
Parties
Applicant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: I. Chalkias and S. Papaïoannou, Agents)
Defendant: European Commission (represented by: D. Triantafyllou and A. Marcoulli, Agents)
Re:
Application for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision 2011/689/EU of 14 October 2011 on excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2011 L 270, p. 33), in so far as that decision concerns the Hellenic Republic.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls Commission Implementing Decision 2011/689/EU of 14 October 2011 on excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in so far as it imposes a flat-rate correction on the Hellenic Republic relating to the grant of entitlements from the national reserve to new farmers.;
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
Declares that the European Commission and the Hellenic Republic are to bear their own costs.
________________________1 OJ C 39, 11.2.2012.